ANSWERS

1. D) Turkey

2. A) Clement Clarke Moore

The poem was published anonymously in 1823. The family of Henry Livingston Jr. has long claimed that he wrote it.

3. C) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

The words are by Charles Wesley. The tune was adapted from a Mendelssohn cantata celebrating Gutenberg and printing.

4. B) Sir Henry Cole

It was designed by John Callcott Horsley. Cole also helped Rowland Hill to set up the Penny Post.

5. C) Australia

6. A) Belle

Fan is Scrooge's sister and Martha is a daughter of Bob Cratchit.

7. B) Mexico

It is named after Joel Poinsett, the first US minister to Mexico, who sent plants home in the 1820s.

8. D) Al Martino

"Here in My Heart" was number one in the very first UK singles chart, in November 1952, and was still there at Christmas.

9. C) Franz Xaver Gruber

Joseph Mohr wrote the words.

10. B) St Stephen

11. A) Oslo

The tree has been given every year since 1947 in thanks for Britain's support in the Second World War.

12. D) Donner and Blitzen

In the original poem they were "Dunder" and "Blixem", from Dutch.

13. C) Clara

In the original story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, and in some productions, she is called Marie.

14. B) Japan

15. A) Matthew

Matthew does not say how many wise men there were. The number three comes from the three gifts. Luke has the shepherds.

16. D) Advent

17. B) Holiday Inn

"Holiday Inn" came out in 1942. The film "White Christmas" followed in 1954.

18. C) 1640s

19. A) Clarence

20. D) Queen Charlotte

Charlotte, the German-born wife of George III, set up a tree at Windsor in 1800. Victoria and Albert made the custom fashionable in the 1840s.

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